[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 155 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12863-S12866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 85

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 85, a bill to amend 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that 
territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for 
confronting the use of methamphetamine.


                                 S. 189

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 189, a bill to decrease 
the matching funds requirements and authorize additional appropriations 
for Keweenaw National Historical Park in the State of Michigan.

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                                 S. 267

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 267, a bill to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify 
that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for 
confronting the use of methamphetamine.


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 507

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 507, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife 
services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for 
certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 545

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 545, a bill to improve consumer access to passenger 
vehicle loss data held by insurers.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding environmental 
factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a 
discount to certain veterans.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
661, a bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish 
guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend 
the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by 
research facilities are obtained legally.


                                 S. 725

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 725, a bill to amend the 
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to 
reauthorize and improve that Act.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to establish a 
competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical 
education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public 
health practice and biomedical research.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 773, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay 
health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction 
for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 884, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
regarding residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting 
women, a program to reduce substance abuse among nonviolent offenders, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 887

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 887, a bill to restore import and entry 
agricultural inspection functions to the Department of Agriculture.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 969, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify 
the definition of supervisor.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 988, a bill to extend the termination date for the 
exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for 
temporary workers.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, 
diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1015

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1015, a bill to reauthorize the National Writing 
Project.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1159, a bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1185, a bill to provide grants to States to improve 
high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous 
standards, to develop and implement effective school models for 
struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to 
raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1276

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1276, a bill to establish 
a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor 
electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1310, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of

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increased payments for ground ambulance services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend 
title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1340, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare 
beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care 
coordination services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent 
unfair practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to provide 
assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in 
developing countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1451, a bill to 
encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve 
health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care 
system.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to 
strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and 
cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and 
psoriatic arthritis data collection, study access to and quality of 
care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill 
to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand 
Federal eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 
18.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1514, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee 
Smith Memorial Act.
  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1514, supra.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to amend the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1776

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1776, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a user fee program to 
ensure food safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1895

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1895, a bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and 
education.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to amend chapter 81 
of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a 
disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities 
caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of 
such employee's duty.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1930, a bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
to prevent illegal logging practices, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1958

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1958, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by 
establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals 
and related improvements under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1962

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1962, a bill to amend the 
Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize a regional water enhancement 
program in the environmental quality incentives program.


                                S. 1965

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1965, a bill to protect children 
from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, to enhance 
efforts to identify and eliminate child pornography, and to help 
parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for 
minors.


                                S. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2045, a bill to reform the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for 
children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer 
products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2051, a bill to amend the small rural school 
achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under 
part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965.


                                S. 2053

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to amend part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
improve elementary and secondary education.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial stability 
to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians.


                                S. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill to 
amend the Commodity Exchange Act to close the Enron loophole, prevent 
price manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy 
commodities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2063

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2063, a bill to establish 
a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the 
economic security

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of the United States, and to expand future prosperity and growth for 
all Americans.


                                S. 2080

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2080, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage 
treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2089

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 2089, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the coverage gap in 
prescription drug coverage under part D of such title based on savings 
to the Medicare program resulting from the negotiation of prescription 
drug prices.


                                S. 2096

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2096, a bill to amend the Do-Not-
Call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone 
numbers registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry.


                                S. 2099

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2099, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
competitive bidding project for clinical laboratory services.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces 
of the United States.


                                S. 2127

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2127, a bill 
to provide assistance to families of miners involved in mining 
accidents.


                                S. 2135

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2135, a bill to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to 
designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible 
aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child 
soldiers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2147

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2147, a bill to require accountability for contractors and contract 
personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2152

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2152, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to 
reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through 
fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 20

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 20, a joint 
resolution to disapprove a final rule of the Secretary of Agriculture 
relating to the importation of cattle and beef.


                              S. RES. 178

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 178, a 
resolution expressing the sympathy of the Senate to the families of 
women and girls murdered in Guatemala, and encouraging the United 
States to work with Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3208

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3208 
proposed to H.R. 3093, a bill making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3232 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3093, a bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3247

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3247 proposed to H.R. 3093, a bill making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3249

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3249 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 3093, a bill making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3256

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3256 proposed to H.R. 3093, a bill making appropriations 
for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes.

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